February 18, 2011
Mullin finalist for Hall of Fame
LOS ANGELES -- Former St. John's star Chris Mullin is one of 12 finalists announced Friday for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Dennis Rodman, Jamaal Wilkes and Tex...
Crawford gives boost to Red Sox offense
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Carl Crawford leads off first base, watches the pitcher's motion then takes off at just the right moment for an easy steal of second. And, then,...
Nanette Lepore
Nanette Lepore's latest collection arrived like a puffy cloud as a dreamy parade of long ethereal long dresses in off-whites and shimmery ivories tickling the runway. Midway through the show,...
French invading New York
The schedule for the 2011 edition of the always-popular "Rendez-Vous With French Cinema'' series (March 3-13) has been announced. It kicks off with Francois Ozon's "Potiche,'' featuring Catherine Deneuve and...
Knicks make more sense to Nuggets than Nets
With the Carmelo Anthony Sweepstakes coming to its final stages, it’s becoming clear the Nuggets All-Star will either land with the Knicks or the Nets.Sometime before next Thursday’s NBA trade...
Rodarte
The design duo behind Rodarte, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, seem to be crushing on the country girl for fall: Cropped, printed leather aprons paired with long, woolly circle skirts were...
Calvin Klein
With a front-row set that included Kate Bosworth, Zoe Saldana and Kerry Washington, it was all (fashion) business at Calvin Klein, where Francisco Costa brought on the maximum effect in...
Dr. Jacono faces 'Trauma'
Contrary to popular belief, Discovery didn't totally ditch it's health programming to bow down to the almighty OWN - it still has a health channel and it's called Discovery Fit...
3.1 Phillip Lim
For the downtown girl, it’s all about volume and proportion at 3.1 Phillip Lim. Silky navy jumpsuits bearing brown leather sleeves, loosely shaped white dresses (our favorite) and shamrock green...
Driver admits involvement in 2009 murder of hotel millionaire
A New York City man pleaded guilty on Thursday to being the driver who took two other men to a Rye Brook, N.Y., hotel in 2009 to kill Florida millionaire...
Proenza Schouler
The handsome duo behind Proenza Schouler knows exactly what their girl wants: an edgy downtown look with an upscale price. And that’s exactly what Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez deliver...
Amar'e 'very surprised' 'Melo would pick Nets over Knicks
LOS ANGELES -- Amar'e Stoudemire can't see Carmelo Anthony on the Nets and not the Knicks."I would be very surprised," the Knicks forward said Friday during NBA All-Star Weekend activities....
Woman convicted in Pitino extortion sentenced to seven years in prison
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The woman convicted of threatening to reveal a sexual tryst with basketball coach Rick Pitino unless he paid her millions in cash, cars and a house was...
Somali pirates hijack yacht with four Americans aboard
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Somali pirates on Friday hijacked a yacht with four Americans aboard in the Indian Ocean, a non-governmental organization monitoring regional maritime activity said. Ecoterra International said the...
Garcia needs springboard into Yankees rotation
TAMPA -- In order to grab a spot in the Yankees’ rotation, Freddy Garcia will have to do something he has never been able to accomplish: impress in spring training.“This...
Yankees' Colon in hurry to lose 25 pounds
Bartolo Colon admitted Friday he might not have enough time to shed the 25 pounds he wants to lose while attempting to making the Yankees starting rotation.“I would like to...
ME: Wounds indicate attack in motivational speaker’s death
A New York City pathologist says a motivational speaker’s deadly knife wounds don’t fit the assisted-suicide scenario described by the man charged with murdering him. Senior medical examiner Dr. Jonathan...
Spoiling 'The Diary of a Madman'
A lot of attention is paid to details in 'The Diary of a Madman,' which I reviewed today. There's Geoffrey Rush's performance, of course, but he's not just plopped down...
Racing Commissioners call for permanent Dutrow ban
In the wake of trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. being suspended Wednesday for 90 days by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, the Racing Commissioners International has sent a...
Police officer shot, 3 cops injured in upstate New York shoot-out
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – A police officer was shot and three officers injured in a shoot-out Friday near an upstate New York train station. The suspect was shot and later died...
Nets, Nuggets trade only needs Anthony to sign off
The Nets are one "Yes" away from acquiring Carmelo Anthony. A trade with the Nuggets that would bring the All-Star forward to New Jersey is in place, according to several...
Democratic Sen. Bingaman of New Mexico confirms retirement
ALBUQUERQUE -- Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) confirmed Friday that he will retire in 2012 rather than run for a fifth term. Bingaman is the sixth senator -- and the fourth...
Ivana Helsinki
"Ivana Helsinki" was projected on the back wall of of the Lincoln Center's Studio, with the designer's name (Paola Ivana Suhonen) added underneath for the first time, due to a...
Nassau County closes crime lab over drug test errors
MINEOLA, N.Y. — New York county officials shut down their crime lab Friday because, they said, police officials knew that examiners were producing inaccurate measurements in drug cases even before...
CHSAA Class A boys basketball intersectional first round preview
CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down Saturday’s CHSAA Class A intersectional first round games at Mount St. Michael. Here’s the schedule: 1 p.m. – Cardinal Spellman vs....
NFL, union meet with mediator
WASHINGTON -- The contentious NFL labor negotiations went in front of a federal mediator Friday, two weeks before owners could impose a lockout on players and threaten the 2011 season....
Nothing set, but 'Melo willing to meet with Nets, Knicks
LOS ANGELES -- Carmelo Anthony would trade just about anything for some sleep. The Nuggets All-Star forward -- reportedly headed for the Nets as soon as he says so --...
WTB by Richie Sambora and Nikki Lund
Richie Sambora, also known as the guitarist for Bon Jovi, introduced his first New York Fasion Week showing of a line called WTB, which stands for White Trash Beautiful. Well,...
Derek Lam + Ebay
Continuing the high-to-low designer collaborations that are de rigueur these days, Derek Lam has created a collection for Ebay, called Derek Lam + Ebay, that will be available in May...
Crooked rabbi gets four years for hedge-fund exortion scheme
He'll be saying his prayers behind bars. A crooked rabbi was sentenced to four years in the slammer today for trying to shake down a hedge fund for $4 million...
House votes to ban funding for Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON – The US House of Representatives voted Friday to block funding for reproductive services provider Planned Parenthood. The 240-185 vote on the amendment offered by Indiana Republican Rep. Mike...
Absent Castillo irks Mets manager
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Luis Castillo might already have one foot in manager Terry Collins’ doghouse.Though position players are not required in Mets camp for another two days, Collins on...
Favors flattered, but wants to stay with Nets
LOS ANGELES -- Nets rookie forward Derrick Favors could be one of the more popular players at All-Star Weekend. The participant in the Rookie-Sophomore Game reportedly is the piece the...
Red Sox would have money for Pujols: report
If the Red Sox wanted to, they could have more than $50 million to spend on Albert Pujols next season, ESPN.com reports. The analysis says, "[David] Ortiz's contract ($12.5 million)...
MLS extends TV deal with FSC
Today Major League Soccer and FOX Soccer announced that they have extended the network’s national broadcast rights agreement for one year. The premier soccer-only channel in North America will broadcast...
Mayor Bloomberg warns models had a tough time getting to this country because of immigration laws
Fashion models may have no problem strutting down the catwalk, but strolling over the border is another issue, Mayor Bloomberg said today. The mayor said that some designers were forced...
SI woman dies after husband beats her over TV channels
She was killed over cable. A Staten Island woman died of a brain hemorrhage a day after being beaten by her husband, who was enraged that she hadn’t paid extra...
Hedberg to start, Brodeur backup for Devils vs. Rangers
The Devils on Friday activated Martin Brodeur from injured reserve to allow him to back up Johan Hedberg against the Rangers at Prudential Center. The Devils returned Mike McKenna to...
Guilty plea from Brooklyn man in hotel heir killing
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A man from New York City has admitted being the wheelman in the beating death of a Florida millionaire at a suburban hotel in 2009. The...
Queens man busted for animal cruelty after family's 8-pound Chihuahua dies
A heartless Queens man who brutally beat his eight-pound Chihuahua was busted after the dog later died at a hospital, ASCPA officials said. A hulking 265-pound Jerry Melendez, 33, allegedly...
'True Grit' ingenue Steinfeld to follow up with trippy teen film
Hailee Steinfeld, the Academy Award-nominated breakout star of "True Grit," has inked her next role -- and it could not be more different from the Coen Brothers' western drama. Steinfeld,...
NFL teams could replace playbooks with iPads
ARLINGTON, Texas -- NFL teams could soon be ditching their paper playbooks for iPads and other tablets, a move that could save each team thousands of paper printouts each game,...
'Shore' without the bore - Season 3, episode 8
Our weekly "Jersey Shore" recaps this season are short and brutal -- 100 words, no more.***This week we see that Situation is a man of many talents, but relationship advice...
BA's Top 31 Mets Prospects; No. 29: Blake Forsythe
Vitals: 21 years old (turns 22 July 31); 6-foot-2, 220 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; selected by the Mets in the third round of the 2010 draft out of...
Iowa girl wrestler loses in state quarterfinals
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa high school wrestler who became the first girl to win a state tournament match when her opponent refused to compete against her for religious...
BA's Top 31 Yankees Prospects; No. 29: Chase Whitley
Vitals: 21 (turns 22 on June 14); 6-foot-4, 220 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; selected in the 15th round of the 2010 draft by the Yankees out of Troy.Performance:...
L.A.M.B
Gwen Stefani closed down fashion with her always buzzy L.A.M.B show, which was divided into six subsets of trends. The first segment exploded with a cacophony of helicopters and a...
Naeem Khan
No detail was left untouched from the beginning to the end of Naeem Khan’s show. Red patent embroidery, ostrich feathers, drip and fringe beaded dresses are all sure to be...
Ousted Time Inc CEO Griffin fires back about reason for departure
Jack Griffin, the ousted CEO of Time Inc. has fired back at Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes who blamed yesterday's firing on a clash of management styles. Said Griffin in...
Dax Gabler
Designer Devi Kroell left her eponymous company last year, presumably in a disagreement with her financial backers, and has now struck out on her own. The presentation was an unveiling...
Reed Krakoff
"I like elitism, but not snobbery," remarked a gentleman waiting for the Reed Krakoff show to start. The showing was was held in a raw space on the far west...
Bahrain forces fire on protesters; 50 injured
MANAMA, Bahrain — Soldiers opened fire Friday on thousands of protesters defying a government ban and streaming toward the landmark square that had been the symbolic center of the uprising...
Fans furious at Champions League ticket prices
LONDON -- Soccer fans condemned Friday the rising cost of ticket prices for the UEFA Champions League final at London's Wembley Stadium on May 28 as "absolutely outrageous." The cheapest...
Ryan Giggs inks Man Utd extension, to play beyond 38
MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs signed up for a 21st season at the club after agreeing a one-year contract extension Friday. The 37-year-old, who has made a...
Judge in Loughner case to mull release of records
SAN DIEGO — A judge overseeing the criminal case against the suspect in the Tucscon, Ariz., shooting rampage will consider whether to release a new mug shot of the suspect...
Wis. protesters buoyed by delay on anti-union bill
MADISON, Wis. — Protesters who have descended on Wisconsin's Capitol in hopes of halting a Republican effort to end a half-century of collective bargaining rights for public workers steeled themselves...
Eight hurt as violence breaks out in Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan -- Eight people were injured when government supporters clashed Friday with young protesters in Jordanian capital Amman, the first reported violence since protests began in the country. "A...
Bronx man pleads guilty in fatal upstate DWI crash
A New York City man has admitted to driving drunk and crashing last year on an upstate road, killing a 22-year-old woman riding in his vehicle. The Times Herald-Record of...
Brooklyn man faces rape charge in Craigslist case
A New York City man is facing rape, assault and unlawful imprisonment charges after a woman says she was held as his sex slave for days. John Hopkins was due...
Stabbing spree suspect indicted on murder charges
The man accused in a bloody stabbing rampage across New York City that left four dead and four wounded has been indicted on murder charges. Maksim Gelman did not appear...
TV reporter speaks about speech problem at Grammys (video)
A TV reporter who lapsed into gibberish during a live shot outside the Grammys said she was terrified when it happened and knew something was wrong as soon as she...
3UP: Rivera, Young Pitching, Century Mark
In today’s Post I wrote this column about the lurking horror for the Yankees of replacing Mariano Rivera. Imagine what it is going to feel like around the team when...
Near record high temperatures expected in New Jersey
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Sunny skies are set shine on New Jersey Friday as temperatures climb into the high 60s. The above-normal temperatures could break several records around the state,...
Getting the point: Attry leads balanced Phoenix over Edison
Kailia Attry’s maturation was on full display. The sophomore, who spent much of her first full season as the South Bronx point guard, had added responsibility heaped on her plate....
Health concerns force Luken to step down as Hilltoppers hoops coach
Leaving something he’s done for more than 40 years wasn’t easy for Joe Luken, but his well being was more important. Citing health reasons, the first-year St. Joseph Hill girls...
Lehman victory relieves coach's pain for the moment
The last two years of Chuck Hicks’ life was dedicated to mourning, maintaining and moving on. Thursday night brought a welcome change: elation. Hicks, the longtime Lehman boys basketball coach,...
Daggett open to discuss St. Joseph Hill coaching job if asked
Bob Daggett is willing to listen if St. Joseph Hill calls. His current focus is making his final season at St. Peter’s a memorable one. But with the all-girls Staten...
Backcourt brilliance guides Curtis past TMA, into rematch with Wings
When Curtis lost to rival McKee/Staten Island Tech in the Staten Island High School League semifinals last week, ending a string of three consecutive finals berths, the Warriors were devastated....
PSAL girls basketball playoff roundup: Santiago leads No. 26 American Studies to upset
Rebakah Santiago had 10 points to lead No. 26 American Studies @ Lehman College to a 36-29 win over No. 8 Bushwick in a PSAL Class B girls basketball first...
Chelsea a Marc’d woman
DIAMOND GIRL When we caught up with Chelsea Clinton and her hubby, Marc Mezvinsky, at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum on Wednesday — at the opening gala for “Set in...
Dunk contest gives Clippers' Griffin national stage
Kenny Smith may have the easiest job of all this NBA All-Star weekend. Smith will be the coach for Blake Griffin during the NBA’s Dunk Contest, which sounds as difficult...
Underseeded New Dorp beats Beacon by 30
There was surprise early this week when the New Dorp girls saw how low their team was seeded in the PSAL Class A playoffs. But the Central Cougars thought very...
ESPN always wants it both ways
Three more ESPN reporters/personalities/journalists/ shills/Disney characters — at ESPN, titles change with the wind, the tide and the latest network deal — have been revealed to have the kind of...
NYFW finale: Flirty flights of fancy
The vibe was intimate yesterday at Ralph Lauren. Topping off the final day of Fashion Week, the iconic powerhouse looked to the Far East and to the ’30s for fall:...
Mets owner may be dupe, and still have to pay
PORT ST. LUCIE — You may remember the catchphrase of choice that grew around Rex Ryan this year like a fungus, as the Jets coach kept clearing his throat and...
Post-Rivera era almost unthinkable for Yankees
TAMPA — For the Yankees, it is The Day After Tomorrow scenario. It is the horror show lurking somewhere in the future. Maybe Mariano Rivera is indestructible and will not...
Saves king Hoffman lauds Yankees' Rivera
TAMPA — Trevor Hoffman finished a Hall of Fame career last season with the all-time saves record. And with the understanding Mariano Rivera will eventually pass him. “Being second to...
Yankees consider Millwood for spot in rotation
TAMPA — The Yankees’ search for the fourth and fifth starters may be headed outside of George M. Steinbrenner Field. Though the Yankees believe they can fill the gaping holes...
PSAL boys basketball playoff roundup: Good stays hot as MSIT rolls past Edison
Josh Good’s remarkable postseason continued with an eye-popping shooting display Thursday evening. The senior, who missed the entire regular season because of academic ineligibility, sank six 3-pointers and scored 24...
Vanishing on 7th Street
What happens when a disparate group who may be the last people on Earth walk into a Detroit bar? Brad Anderson's creepily effective low-budget thriller may not have a punch...
Get a rush from star's insanely good turn
There are star vehicles, and then there's "The Diary of a Madman," which is like a gold-plated, diamond-encrusted Ferrari for Geoffrey Rush. And the Australian actor -- a leading contender...
Putty Hill
An adolescent boy takes a breather from a paintball game to talk to an unseen filmmaker. What is he doing tomorrow? Going to a funeral. Whose? His brother's. Oh. A...
Chew on this
It's always tough when a family loses its father. But it's especially difficult when that family's made up of cannibals and the dad's the one who finds the people they...
Run 'Four' cover
For all of its homicidal aliens and toothy beasts, "I Am Number Four" did contain one element that genuinely unsettled me: the line "produced by Michael Bay." Nooooooo! Number Four...
No funny business with 'Chaperone'
Stephen Herek's "The Chaperone" is dreadful enough to make you wish Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was still making family movies. Wrestling champ Paul "Triple H" Levesque is a fairly painless...
'Whale Wars' forces end of whaling biz
Did a TV show force Japan to suspended its whaling operations? The Sea Shepherd, the ship featured in the Animal Planet series "Whale Wars," has become so successful at harassing...
Unsolved histories
There are cold case files and then there are cases so cold they've frozen solid. Some of the most outrageous murders of the civil rights era down South qualify as...
'Tango' and trash
Guys looking to engineer a post-Valentine's Day breakup with their girlfriends should make a date to see "Immigration Tango," a labored romantic farce whose only asset is Carlos Leon, best...
Vick-tims revenge
The owners of dogs rescued from Michael Vick's dogfighting ring claim they are the reason the convicted quarterback suddenly cancelled a date with Oprah. The controversial Vick, who served 21...
'Jeopardy!' really rates
The real winner in the man-versus-machine "Jeopardy!" challenge was the show itself. "Jeopardy!" earned its highest ratings in more than five years during the three-day "exhibition match" between IBM's latest...
Simon's 10-year-old
Simon Cowell has signed a 10-year-old to a record deal. Cowell was so impressed by Heather Russell's rendition of "Every Step of the Way" -- which her mom posted on...
Lavishing love on Lavin
Linda Lavin knows how to make an en trance. As Silda, a sharp- tongued, recovering alcoholic in Jon Robin Baitz's hit play "Other Desert Cities" at Lincoln Center, she doesn't...
Starr report
More from my interview with "Chelsea Lately" host Chelsea Handler, whose newest show, "After Lately," premieres March 6 on E! Handler, already a best-selling author, has yet another book coming...
Cool beans!
Mike Love is forever chasing something called the God Shot — the most perfect swig of coffee ever created. Unfortunately, it exists the way unicorns exist. “It’s a mythical creature,”...
Even the Rain
Shuffling ideas from "Fitzcarraldo" and "Dances With Wolves" yields the cinematic equivalent of a term paper for Imperialism 101 in "Even the Rain." Gael Garcia Bernal plays a liberal director...
The great ‘Unknown’
Germans have bad memories,” says a cynical former secret-police agent in the solidly crafted and often darkly funny suspense thriller “Unknown.” The writers who concocted this outrageously entertaining tale of...
The Last Lions
A mama lioness in Africa protects her cubs and angles endlessly for a meal at the expense of a herd of water buffalo in the National Geographic nature doc "The...
Now & Later
Sex or politics? Politics or sex? Director-writer Philippe Diaz can't decide what "Now & Later" should be about. So he mixes the two -- and comes up with a murky...
A Le$$on for Lippman: No more loose change
THE ISSUE: Whether Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman's judicial spending should be reined in. *** Thank you for another excellent editorial ("Goldplating the Courts," Feb. 15). By spending lavishly on himself...
Patriot Act gets extension
WASHINGTON -- The House yesterday gave final approval to a three-month extension of expanded police powers to fight terrorism under the Patriot Act. President Obama is expected to sign the...
US intelligence: fight terror with blather
The tone is surprisingly bland, the lan guage dispassionate, almost as if it were the strategic plan of a small nonprofit, written by the Human Resources Department -- rather than...
Honor, the Mideast rebels -- and Us
Finally, the national conversation about democracy is relatively mature and serious. Save for some TV news anchors, just about everyone seems to understand that democracy is tricky. That skepticism was...
Meningitis kills boy
Health officials in Union Township, NJ, believe bacterial meningitis is responsible for the death of an 8-year-old boy. The child, a second-grader at Union Township Elementary School, died Wednesday morning....
Despots' distraction
Playing the blame-Israel-first card is the natural move for beleaguered Arab regimes -- but what are our diplomats thinking? All week, UN ambassadors from such countries as Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon...
Berlusconi scandal teen looks to cash in
ROME -- The Moroccan teen at the center of a prostitution scandal that has sent Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi to trial says that "all the gold in the world" could...
Life for JFK terror plot
The aspiring Islamist terrorist leader who plotted to outdo 9/11 by bombing JFK Airport's fuel depot was slammed with life in prison yesterday in Brooklyn federal court. Russell Defreitas, the...
Q4 foreclosures hit record: report
A record share of mortgages were in the foreclosure process at the end of 2010, matching the all-time high, as lenders and servicers delayed home seizures to investigate charges of...
State $lings mud
ALBANY -- The state Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking a $2.6 million fine against New York City for dumping more than 40 billion gallons of muddy water into a...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island A hit-and-run driver admitted yesterday to fatally striking an elderly couple in New Dorp as they were carrying canned goods to their church's Thanksgiving food drive, authorities said....
Gov's plan to redistrict
ALBANY -- In a bid to end the historic practice of gerrymandering New York's legislative and congressional districts, Gov. Cuomo yesterday sought to shift redistricting power from the Legislature to...
Treading water
Mayor Bloomberg unveiled his 2012 budget yesterday. It suffers from a massive deficit -- of real solutions. In his speech, the mayor noted that New York has recovered from the...
GOP add$ to chopping list
WASHINGTON -- The House wildly swung its budget ax yesterday, hacking current spending levels for the arts, schools and parks, as Republican leaders dared President Obama to try to block...
Need a Hanky? Wife weeps as Hevesi aide Morris sent to jail for pension-fund scam
Disgraced political consultant Hank Morris was frog-marched off to jail yesterday without so much as a kiss goodbye from his bawling wife as a judge sentenced him to up to...
Stanford sues feds for $7.2B
Jailed financier Allen Stanford, accused of running a massive Ponzi scheme, filed a $7.2 billion lawsuit accusing federal prosecutors and regulators of depriving him of his constitutional rights. The government...
DVD deal for Miramax
Echo Bridge Entertainment and Miramax have set a US deal to distribute 251 titles -- including the "From Dusk Till Dawn" and "Children of the Corn" franchises -- from the...
Grammy flub a migraine
LOS ANGELES -- The CBS television reporter whose garbled speech made headlines after a live Grammy broadcast in LA did not have a stroke, but instead was having a "complex...
Lawyer: Hurd hit porn sites
A Hewlett-Packard investor asked a Delaware judge in court papers to release a law firm's confidential report on allegations of "sexual harassment" that led to Mark Hurd's ouster last year...
Arab fury in day of bloodshed
In the bloodiest day of the Muslim world revolt so far, at least 25 people were killed and hundreds wounded in furious clashes in three countries. The most dramatic came...
Rio rocks Midtown
Beaches and bikinis aren't the only hot attractions in Rio de Janeiro. Office space in Brazil's second-largest city is also in high demand, pushing Rio's occupancy cost to $120 a...
Number cruncher nabbed in 9/11 fund 'scam'
A bookkeeper was busted after he allegedly siphoned off nearly $18,000 from the account of the September 11th Families' Association, The Post has learned. Claudio Tavarez, 43, of Washington Heights,...
I was duped into killing
Who's the real victim in the bizarre "Kevorkian for hire" killing of a motivational speaker? The accused killer himself, his lawyer said yesterday. Kenneth Minor is charged with second-degree murder...
'Kidnap' snack in the face
She's in hot water over a Hot Pocket. A teenager angry at being smacked by her Staten Island lover on Valentine's Day for eating his last microwaveable munchie retaliated by...
Meester's mom made death threats: woman
A California woman, claiming the mother of "Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester threatened to kill her and her son, got a restraining order against the actress' mom, court documents show....
Tiny dogs major culprits behind record number of bites
Yo quiero bite you! There were a record number of dog bites in the city last year -- with pint-sized Chihuahuas and Shih Tzus surprisingly among the top five culprits,...
Frugal principals feel Black's 'pinch'
Frugal principals who manage to squirrel away rainy-day school funds to offset pending budget cuts are livid over a Department of Education bid to pinch half their savings. Schools Chancellor...
Alternate game plan
Verizon FiOS customers can now watch ESPN over the Internet as well as on the traditional TV set as part of a larger agreement between the companies. As of yesterday,...
Hill rages over Lara
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton -- incensed by the mob sex attack on "60 Minutes" star Lara Logan in Cairo's main square -- has personally turned up the heat...
Mike's harsh lesson
Mayor Bloomberg vowed yesterday to keep up the pressure on state lawmakers to abolish the "last in, first out" rules for laying off city teachers as he unveiled a $65.6...
Ripped-off 'drug mule' feared slain
A suspected drug mule robbed of nearly $40,000 in cash by two TSA agents at JFK Airport has gone missing in Argentina -- and authorities fear she may have been...
Dimon's $17M bonus
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon received a 2010 equity bonus worth $17 million, the biggest for a big name Wall Streeter so far this year. Though the equity bonus is...
Kelly: Bank on 'bandit barriers'
Banks should install floor-to-ceiling barriers to limit their chances of being robbed, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly suggested yesterday. Two of five city banks robbed Wednesday did not have "bandit barriers,"...
9-year-old suspended for 'kick me' sign
It's a sign of the times. The classic schoolhouse prank of slapping a "kick me" sign on a classmate's back is no joke at one Upper East Side school, where...
Fewer are feasting their eyes on Gawker's sites
Gawker boss Nick Denton may want to rethink the sweeping redesign he unleashed on his Gawker Media empire earlier this month -- as traffic appears to be plunging at most...
Business briefs
Apple eyed US antitrust officials are looking into whether Apple's new terms for digital sub scriptions stifle com petition, WSJ.com re ported, citing people familiar with the mat ter. The...
All holds barred
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A standout high-school wrestler refused to compete against a girl at the state tournament yesterday, giving up any chance of becoming a champion. Joel Northrup, a...
Council job-killing, part two
The show trial of Walmart reconvened yesterday before Speaker Christine Quinn's City Council. A hearing before several council committees -- Labor is the only one that counts, on any matter...
Mike's found money
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday proposed a $65.6 billion budget for the coming fiscal year, characterized by a sharp increase in spending from city revenues and balanced by a bolt-from-the-blue $2.1 billion...
Fast toll call to no arms
They should rename it the Henry Hudson Speedway. Rush-hour wait times on the Henry Hudson Bridge, connecting Inwood in Manhattan and The Bronx, have dramatically decreased since removal of foam...
Banks' swipe snipe
Talk about a "swipe" out. Chafing under new financial regulations, some of the nation's biggest banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America, are mulling limits on the size...
Spy drone a 'hummer'
Pentagon researchers have taken a cue from science fiction and developed a robotic hummingbird ideal for covert surveillance. Called the Nano Hummingbird, the pocket- sized drone closely resem bles its...
Soaring cost of food forces you to eat out
There's nowhere to hide from rising food prices -- least of all at home. New data released yesterday showed that rising prices have caught up to grocery bills, with the...
Mummy's daddy in 'garbage'
CAIRO -- A 16-year-old protester found a priceless statue of Pharaoh Akhenaten next to a garbage bin after it was stolen from the Egyptian Museum during the nearby street demonstrations,...
All bets off(line)
Internet gaming may not be coming to the Garden State after all. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie next week is expected to veto a bill that would have allowed state...
Disney to test premium VOD
Disney is set to begin testing a premium video-on-demand service that would make movies available to viewers at home shortly after they appear in theaters. At a two-day investor conference,...
DA raps Indie Party in $1M Mike-elex theft
In a bombshell development, Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. is accusing the state Independence Party of complicity in the theft of $1.1 million from Mayor Bloomberg, and the DA has...
Griffin's 'Time' is up after five months as CEO
In a stunning development, Time Inc. CEO Jack Griffin yesterday was bounced from the helm of the largest magazine publisher in America -- only five months after he was handpicked...
Palin's shoes are purrrrrty
Sarah Palin strutted into Long Island yesterday for a rare public address -- ditching her hunting boots for Carrie Bradshaw-style leopard-print heels. At the luncheon for the Long Island Association,...
Drug sweep near schools
A six-month undercover operation led to the arrests of 62 Queens drug dealers -- some of whom peddled crack, cocaine and heroin near public schools, authorities said yesterday. The suspects,...
Fire kills traffic agent
A fire in an illegally subdivided Brooklyn apartment killed an NYPD traffic agent yesterday, authorities said. Firefighters found the body of Mohammed Miha, 40, on the hallway stairs in the...
New Apple Store will be 'Grand'
Apple plans to set up shop in the Big Apple's most iconic transit hub. The tech giant will bring its iPads, iPods, iPhones and Macs to Grand Central Terminal this...
Cheese it! Wis. Dems duck anti-union vote
MADISON, Wis. -- Fourteen Democratic lawmakers disappeared from Wisconsin's Capitol yesterday rather than vote on a sweeping anti-union bill, in hope of forcing Republicans to negotiate over the controversial proposal....
Total Wi-Fi right on 'trak
Wi-Fi access on Amtrak keeps chugging along. The national railroad said it will provide free Wi-Fi service to all passengers along Northeast Corridor trains by year's end. "In this digital...
CityTime's up: MTA
The MTA has dumped the infamous CityTime contractor, cutting it out of a plan to overhaul the subway system's radio equipment. Top brass said they were no longer comfortable with...
NY medi-fraud
Ten Brooklyn residents were among more than 100 people rounded up in a nationwide crackdown on Medicaid and Medicare fraudsters who cost taxpayers more than $200 million, authorities said yesterday....
Walmart bashers
Opponents of a proposed New York City Walmart stepped up their fight against the super-store yesterday, importing workers from out of town to dish dirt. With horror stories of wage-stealing,...
Baby debuts at Lincoln Tunnel
Two fast-acting cops helped deliver a child in the back of a cab at the Lincoln Tunnel yesterday. Port Authority Officer Richard Kuncken, a former paramedic, delivered the healthy girl,...
Bronx fiend from 2000 rapes again
A rapist who attacked a woman in The Bronx more than a decade ago has been linked through DNA to a gunpoint assault last November, police said yesterday. A 21-year-old...
$18.4M for ma's lost leg
A woman who lost her leg after she was struck by a city bus in Hell's Kitchen was out almost $10 million yesterday -- but she's not complaining. While the...
Solar storm to 'fry' us
A spectacular solar flare is raining radiation on the Earth and could snarl GPS systems and even power grids -- and may give the Northeast a rare glimpse of the...
Big Apple kids up to the test
City students saw nearly across-the-board gains last year on elementary and middle school social-studies and science tests, as well as on high-school exit exams. The gains over 2009 include a...
'Fire'storm in Gabby shoot
TUCSON, Ariz. -- A veteran firefighter refused to respond to last month's deadly shooting spree that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wounded because he had different political views than his colleagues...
9 busted in LI gun-sale sting
Four Long Island gun-shop owners and five workers were busted for selling illegal assault weapons to undercover cops during a 10-month sting, authorities said yesterday. The nine men "were openly...
'Jeopardy!' champ now Dr. Watson
Final Jeopardy! answer: Columbia University Medical Center. The winning question? Where is IBM's game-show supercomputer Watson headed next? Watson, the scary-smart artificial-intelligence computer that made monkeys out of former "Jeopardy!"...
Computer $$ bungle in DOE blackboard jungle
Poor planning and bungling by the Department of Education led a $3.6 million contract for a computerized enrollment system to balloon to more than $23 million -- more than six...
No buyer's remorse for NY
THE ISSUE: Gov. Cuomo's approval rating of 77 percent, according to a Siena Poll. *** Gov. Cuomo has finally given New Yorkers what they needed the most: a politician who...
'Baby stealer' indicted
The "fake mom" accused of snatching a newborn from a Manhattan hospital and raising the girl as her own was indicted yesterday on a federal kidnapping charge. Ann Pettway --...
'Narnia' producer dies of 'OD'
A Hollywood film producer and novelist was found dead of an apparent drug overdose yesterday in his Greenwich Village apartment, police sources said. Perry Moore, 39, was discovered at around...
O's high-'tech' mission
WASHINGTON -- President Obama met in California yesterday with technology titans -- including Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who took time out from cancer treatments for the confab. Also attending the...
Vic C.'s Tampa Bay Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $9,000; clm; 4up8-Irish Garden 1181-Reno'sWildcat 1206-It's a Start 1202-EclptclsWhsky 1207-ProvocativLdy 1203-Just a Dream 1204-Running Angel 1109-FriskyKrissy 1205-Auspicisrgmnt 120SECOND-6 fur; $14,700; clm; 4up2-Trpndwndhwy 1131-Mad Jazz 1184-DreamingNw...
Gulfstream analysis
Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 ½ fur; $15,000; cl($12,50); 4up VALENTINE'S ANGEL finished second this level going shorter two back. SKATING HOME chased...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur; $42,000; alw; 4up(f)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Miss Dolan's Rose(L),118J Alvarado3-7-3DiSanto 6-12Yo Karakorum(L),118J Espinoza2-2-4Odintz 5-13Citifiesta(L),118J Samyn3-11-9Hertler 20-14Divi Divi(L),118D Cohen1-1-6Englehrt 4-15Song of...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Cruisin Sage (1st)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $12,000; claiming2Cruisin Sage(G Brennan)1-3-16-51TivoliHanover(LStalbaum)1-3-44-14PacificFleetN(PLachance)2-3-66-13Major Domo(C Manzi)6-4-620-15Bolero Topgun(B Holland)3-1-410-16Simple Lease(J Stratton)6-3-215-17YosemiteCamn(JBartlett)3-1-58-18Rawhide N(J Pantaleano)6-5-212-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr; $16,000; cond1DutchessSeelster(SBchrd)8-3-24-16AjsSendMoney(JStratton)3-5-83-15Cinderella Man(D Dube)8-4-35-12Dw's...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Some Girls Do (3rd)FIRST-mile; pace; $12,500; conditional8Fax Me(B Sears)1-3-27-55HarlemRockturne(YGingrs)4-7-45-19Hf'sSuperStar(TTetrick)1-4-48-11Adriana G(J Meittinis)9-3-915-12R Barbie Doll(J Plutino)3-3-115-13Stormunn(K Warner)8-9-520-14Buy Art(R Pierce)6-8-215-16Dana'sDragon(JCampbell)6-4-310-17Miss Atm(A Miller)2-2-24-110Prairie Ganache(P Berry)5-6-615-1SECOND-ml pc; $20,000; conditional3Ridge Jumper(B...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $20,000; clm($10,000); 3YOSARATOGA SQUIER was a gate to wire maiden winner at this distance when making his career debut. LINEAR MOTION drops in class after closing to...
Aqueduct Charts
February 17, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1 mile; $42,000; alw; 3YOOff: 12:30 p.m.St.good, won gamelyTime: 24.65, 49.51, 1:14.33, 1:39.22.Trainer: Todd PletcherWinner: CH C, 3, by Johannesburg-PlentyHorseWt.PP1/41/2Str.FinJockeyOddsCongo12214431½11¾Cohen1.05South...
Amar'e has chance to recruit Carmelo to Knicks
LOS ANGELES -- Amar'e Stoudemire is looking forward to representing the Knicks as their first starter since 1992 in Sunday's All-Star Game, but he has another assignment this weekend: making...
Cabrera swigs in messy DUI arrest
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Tigers star Miguel Cabrera was arrested late Wednesday on suspicion of drunken driving in Florida, leaving teammates stunned and concerned about the slugging first baseman less than...
Devils look to stay red-hot vs. Rangers
Their fabulous February is converting any remaining doubting Devils. If they knock off the Rangers tonight at Prudential Center, Jacques Lemaire's heroes can drop their guise of rationality and embrace...
Mets manager wants team to keep moving
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Don't just stand there, do something. If new Mets manager Terry Collins has a rallying cry for spring training, it's to keep active. To that end,...
Pujols arrives at Cardinals camp
Albert Pujols drove his big, black pickup truck into the Cardinals' spring training camp in Jupiter, Fla., yesterday morning and pulled into a parking spot reserved for owners. No one...
Yankees' Martin feeling fine after surgery
TAMPA -- The Yankees were confident Russell Martin's health would not be an issue when they signed the free-agent catcher. They knew his 2010 season ended prematurely because of a...
Mets' Santana targets June for return
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Johan Santana got his first taste of life as a cheerleader yesterday. The Mets ace was on the field for the first mandatory spring training workouts...
Lakers legend gets own statue and tribute from son
LOS ANGELES -- One of the things I loved most about my father was him being unafraid to show me his faults once we became co-workers. For the first 16...
Cromartie tweets 'I'm a Jet to the end'
Antonio Cromartie says he's planning on staying with the Jets, despite reports that re-signing him is not a top priority for the team. "U know I could care less about...
NFL, union agree to enter mediation
It can't hurt. Unable to budge an inch and seemingly moving further apart whenever they meet, NFL owners and the NFL Players Association yesterday agreed to federal mediation in an...
Future now for Kentucky Derby betting
Undefeated 2-year-old champion Uncle Mo is the 9-2 top choice among 23 3-year-olds listed for Pool 1 of this year's Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which will take bets today through...
Curtis' backcourt keys 1st-round rout
When Curtis lost to rival McKee/Staten Island Tech in the Staten Island High School League semifinals last week, ending a string of three consecutive finals berths, the Warriors were devastated....
Nets owner to meet with Anthony this weekend
The Nets may be one "Yes" away from acquiring Carmelo Anthony. The long-awaited -- and once-cancelled -- meeting between the Nets' owner, Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, and Anthony to determine...
N.J. needs Anthony to get in a Jay-Z state of mind
LOS ANGELES -- At some point today, I am going to track down Carmelo Anthony and ask him straight up who he thinks is the greatest rapper of all time....
Islanders lose to Bruins; streak ends at 4
It would have been reasonable to think the Islanders were going to come out last night and play inspired hockey against the Bruins in front of a raucous Coliseum crowd....
Dustin penalized for tee tardiness
Dustin Johnson wound up with another bizarre penalty yesterday when his caddie thought his tee time was 40 minutes later than it was, and he had to race up the...
Sports shorts
COLLEGE: Auburn tree arrest A 62-year-old Dadeville man was arrested in connection with the poisoning of the historic Toomer's Corner oak trees at Auburn University, the scene of celebrations after...
Rangers' Lundqvist gets 200th win vs. Kings
Nothing is coming easy these days for the Rangers, who haven't been in synch or close to the top of their game since the All-Star break. But that's not the...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogCOLUMBIA11DartmouthPrinceton3½YALEPenn2BROWNHarvard3½CORNELLLOUISVILLE5ConnecticutWICHITA ST.8VcuDREXEL3Kent St.N. FLORIDA2½MercerJ'VILLE15½KennesawWeber St.1SAN JOSE ST.NHLFavoriteLineUnderdogDEVILS$120-140RangersBruins$150-170SENATORSPANTHERS-110-110Red WingsSABRES$125-145BluesFlyers$115-135HURRICANESWILD$110-130DucksB'HAWKS$160-180Blue JacketsHome team in CAPS
Today's Sports on Air
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Rangers' Lundqvist works 'extra' hard for career milestone
Few of the first 199 wins of Henrik Lundqvist's Rangers career came harder than No. 200. After spending the night looking around Kings' screens, Lundqvist surrendered two hard-earned third-period leads....
'Melo deal looms over Knicks, Walsh
Six years ago, owner James Dolan, Stephon Marbury and Isiah Thomas skipped happily out of a Dallas locker room and onto a Cablevision charter bound for Los Angeles for All-Star...
Mets owner says family not at fault in Madoff mess
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The first official day of workouts for pitchers and catchers at the Mets' spring-training complex yesterday included a high fastball delivered from principal owner Fred Wilpon...
Stripers Forever fighting deadly fish disease
There is a research project that is trying to stop a disease that is killing off striped bass. Stripers Forever has announced an outreach initiative to raise money for research...
Starting shootout pays off for Rangers
It was one-and-done for Rangers coach John Tortorella doing it Henrik Lundqvist's way, one-and-done for the coach as far as doing it the goaltender's way of going second in the...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYFeb. 18SATFeb. 19SUNFeb. 20MONFeb. 21TUEFeb. 22WEDFeb. 23THUFeb. 24KnicksNOGAMENOGAMEAll-StarGame8:00TNTNOGAMENOGAMEMilw.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENetsNOGAMENOGAMEAll-StarGame8:00TNTNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMERangersDevils7:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEPhil.12:30NBCESPNNOGAMECar.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEIslandersNOGAMEL.A.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEFla.1:00MSG+WRHUTor.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEPhil.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsRangers7:00TV -- MSG Plus NetworkRadio -- WFAN 660 AMCar.7:00MSGWFANNOGAMENOGAMEDal.8:30VS.WFANNOGAMENOGAME
Weird but true
It not unusual for a druggie to get busted by a dog -- except when the dog is the druggie's pet. An Oregon man was pulled him over by cops,...
5 questions for ... Fran Fraschilla
ESPN analyst and former St. John's coach Fran Fraschilla talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about the Red Storm's tourney chances, why he respects Steve Lavin, and his experience interviewing...
Forest Hills names Sprance as Chobhaphand's replacement on interim basis
Bob Sprance, the Forest Hills girls soccer coach, has taken over as the head boys basketball coach at the school on an interim basis, he said Thursday night. In the...
Watson the computer boosts ratings on ‘Jeopardy’
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. -- In the end, the computer crushed the humans -- and finished above almost everything else on TV, too, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. "Jeopardy!" was...
Activist Sharpton takes up Ohio school choice case
Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton says an Ohio woman convicted of a felony for using her father's address to enroll her children in a neighboring school district should...
Rangers outlast Kings for 4-3 shootout win
NEW YORK — Henrik Lundqvist knocked Anze Kopitar's shootout shot over the net to earn his 200th NHL win and give the Rangers a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles...
Bill Blass
In the intimate, clubby Monkey Bar, Jeffrey Monteiro unveiled his second collection for Bill Blass styled with Philip Crangi jewelery, Manolo Blahnik shoes and jaunty oversized fedoras by Albertus Swanepoel....
Crawford reports to Red Sox camp
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- David Ortiz and Carl Crawford took their first swings of the spring. Adrian Gonzalez shouldn't be far behind. The left-handed stars in a power-packed lineup worked...